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gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
87 vs 83
Hardware Fit
82 vs 80
Quality Score
89 vs 84

Hardware

gpt-oss-safeguard-… openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gpt-oss-safeguard-… openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec41.4131.7
First chunk8 ms7 ms
TTFT3.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage14.5 GB15.8 GB
Memory %61%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
20/30

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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